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The Black Rook

by The Black Rook

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1.
Checkmate 04:03
1.Checkmate Mt battle for simmetry My road to success Led me to banality Addictive distress Antipositional moves Played by my weak hand I became the exposed king A fool in command So it´s time to clear my name Redefine rules of my game – Checkmate! (2x) Now the pieces are all set It´s a choice of no regret – Checkmate! (2x) I was given sympathy And love in a foul play Easily blockaded I was led astray My dreams were crushed in a game Of short duration All my plans were ruined by Miscalculation So it´s time to clear my name Redefine rules of my game – Checkmate! (2x) Now the pieces are all set It´s a choice of no regret – Checkmate! (2x) I will endure I´ll find the cure Wipe the blood from my face Irascible And tactical I shall regain my space My remotion My promotion A woodpusher no more More sensible Defensible Ready to win the war My army will march again straight from the back rank I´ll pursue my focal point Your vulnerable flank Time to face and counterattack All that I´ve done wrong Like a bare king on the board I must move along So it´s time to clear my name Redefine rules of my game – Checkmate! (2x) Now the pieces are all set It´s a choice of no regret – Checkmate! (2x)
2.
The Black Rook In solitude I stand Grasping life with my hand Watching out the strategies that were planned Forever I shall last In my body of clast Rock solid thoughts build up from concrete past All the chessboard is what the tower sees Delusioned pawns who will fall on their knees Chorus: Black Rook, I have become a Black Rook, living apart Look, look, the castle that I am Black Rook, I have become a Black Rook, living apart Look, look, the stones inside the man All knights die by the sword All bishops are unheard For empty battles all imbeciles gird Dark kingdoms built on grime Queens worthless than a dime I witness filthy schemes from time to time I did the castling for a thousand kings I carried the weight of a thousand stings Black Rook, I have become a Black Rook, living apart Look, look, the castle that I am Black Rook, I have become a Black Rook, living apart Look, look, the stones inside the man I cast myself away From this bad-tasted play Depraved humanity in disarray I am panoptical I am perpetual Unreacheable tower with no portal The distant castle sees crowns fade away Sad memories to remember and portray Black Rook, I have become a Black Rook, living apart Look, look, the castle that I am Black Rook, I have become a Black Rook, living apart Look, look, the stones inside the man
3.
Unfortunate 03:39
Unfortunate It was many years ago That woman came to me Revealing things that I’d never thought to see Emotionless desires Inherited my soul An unwise decision I took, oh no! Chorus: Unfortunate, I was unfortunate (2x) So unfortunate Those times I wish to be forgotten But I’m afraid of what lies ahead I don’t know if she is alive or she´s dead And I hope I´ll never cross her way She´s the pain I cannot bear She´s the ghost that turned joy into a nightmare Unfortunate, I was unfortunate (2x) So unfortunate Her voice still walks on silence It snakes into my ear And perforates my brain just like a spear Devoted to a dream My life became so stirred I was devoured by this monstrous word: love Unfortunate, I was unfortunate (2x) So unfortunate
4.
Forget my name I never confessed before That I have gone too far In this simulation of Life I have acted out a role I have never been whole I couldn´t be what people need A name I throw on mud A hero who´s a dud I chose to obliterate Devoted to negate Unchained from the past My persona can´t last I must reborn - That´s why Chorus: You must forget my name (4x) I have tried to be ideal I would die to conceal The worst mistake, a man so fake I have been only a slave Of those dreams that deprave A fool addicted to his own ego Scratch out this vicious word All syllables are blurred Dare not repeat the name I can´t afford the shame I saw the curtains fall I hit and broke the wall Dead dreams haunt me - That´s why Chorus: You must forget my name (4x) Take my empty name, erase it away See the putrid idol lost in yesterday All the false glory of my past identity The cold empty smile of my own nonentity I´ve told myself the lie Now all the illusions die A man under a cloak A name that´s just a joke I will never accept The life I now regret Then I kneel and beg – oh I beg! Chorus: You must forget my name (4x)
5.
Heart of Steel I know that I´m just a number Only a tear in the rain One more shadow in the dark A song everybody sang But I also know I´m true That my principles shine like gold I´m a man of my Word My wrong paths are so bold If I could live forever Then maybe I could be The living symbol of beauty That you would like to see Chorus: Heart of Steel – beats forever Heart of Steel – living still Heart of Steel – won´t stop never Heart of Steel – Heavy Metal Will I´ve accepted imperfection As my twin brother Everyday I learn to live Side by side with a monster Perseverence and Discipline Make of man a deity Clenched fist against chaos Turns doom into destiny Time is a deadly foe Eating my precious dream His hungry bites are vivid In each line that I scream Heart of Steel – beats forever Heart of Steel – living still Heart of Steel – won´t stop never Heart of Steel – Heavy Metal will Fade away, close your eyes and I will fade away Between the syllables of all the words That I could never say Cut my skin See the oil running through my veins But deep inside This metal heart Makes my soul echo, echo, echo... A silent soul Inside me My lonely heart Makes me free Chorus: Heart of Steel – beats forever Heart of Steel – living still Heart of Steel – won´t stop never Heart of Steel – Heavy Metal will Heart of Steel – beats forever Heart of Steel – it´s unbreakable Heart of Steel – won´t stop never Heart of Steel – indestructible (indestructible!)
6.
Rats 03:56
Rats The taste of Life is bitter and sour Rodent mankind just exists to devour My faith in everything that I came to be Humanity decays ´till the last degree Chorus: Rats! Dirty mice play the pipe and lead me away Good men shake my hand in upcoming betray Rattus Sapiens built up this grave new world Like a bubonic love, Hope is a plague to be unfurled Chorus: Rats! Why should I sing? My words won´t change anything. Why would you care? Your life the rats will not spare! Chorus: Rats! All moral values are disguised neurosis All mercy is deadly just like leptospirosis An honest world is everything the rats feign Just to bite my eyes and feed on my brain So come and join The happy feasts Your flesh and mind Will feed the beasts
7.
I am 04:52
I am Gone without remark Like a shadow in the dark I can be just the man you won´t see I´m the salvation Born in imagination I´m not the messiah you believe The quickening inside myself – in my heart, nowhere else Turns me into a force of life Chorus: I am – the real sign I am – the one to shine I am, I am I am – the boldest play I am – here to say I am, I am – just a man Stare at the mirror You will see it clearer I am there watching you can´t you see? Birds of a feather Shall always flock together To this life we are both devotee The force that pushes me forward – pushing me, pushing you Makes of me more than a man Chorus: I am – the real sign I am – the one to shine I am, I am I am – the boldest play I am – here to say I am, I am – a human We´re alike, compreehend Come here and take my hand My flesh might be fragile But my mind is a castle Melting iron in my vein Shows my nature so humane -Chorus- I am just a man...a man that you can be.
8.
Temptation (will bring me down) My rough voice cries for life In the depths of my will It screams inside my head Your voice gives me the urge To eat pieces of glass To throw myself on you It´s fire Desire Barbed-wire Your so sweet smile Your touch´s a wile Turning me vile Chorus: Temptation Will bring me down – bring me down, bring me down! Temptation Will bring me down – bring me down, down, down, down... Love is a distraction A kind of addiction A lack of proper medication Love makes bodies forget What´s pleasure and what´s pain That´s why we lay on nails It´s Mundane It´s Insane Our Bane The serpent´s bite Demonic rite Vicious delight Temptation Will bring me down – bring me down, bring me down! Temptation Will bring me down – bring me down, down, down, down... Sin and sanity collide In poetic paradox The surrendering of my pride (The surrendering of my pride!) I am the first offender Convicted by my essence Suffering and splendor (Suffering and splendor!) The same hand that caress Will be the one to rip apart To backstab then save my life (To backstab then save my live) All the sins I cannot confess They inspire my sick art They are my pen, my voice, my knife. (They are my pen, my voice, my knife) Your absence is the scar That carves me into a man Reminding me that I am human I kiss your poisoned lips Worship your baroque face Put my life in the palm of your hands Cynical destiny Dirty devotion We´re bonded to each other ´till death do us part And deep within We laugh in sin We cry and grin Temptation Will bring me down – bring me down, bring me down! Temptation Will bring me down – bring me down, down, down, down...
9.
Madman in chains Go on – Yes, he must go on For there isn´t any choice Just a chord out of tune comes out from his voice Alone – oh, he walks alone For no one would understand If they only knew he´d be forever banned A solitary man among the crowd – lost among the crowd (2x) Keeping alive, keeping unbound Chorus: Madman in chains, madman in chains Corrorise sorrow flows in his veins Insane – labelled as insane In the life he left behind In the maze of despair where he was confined He shall not be once again imprisoned – never locked again (2x) For his mental state, his sick vision Chorus: Madman in chains, madman in chains Corrorise sorrow flows in his veins Madman in chains, madman in chains Fatal tomorrow that his mind strains And his face wears the mask of sanity – mask of sanity (2x) His mind carries the curse, the profanity Madman in chains, madman in chains Corrorise sorrow flows in his veins Madman in chains, madman in chains Fatal tomorrow that his mind strains The madman in Chains (2x)
10.
Dark Disease 07:47
Dark Disease Our Love is registered in epic poems written on Patient Information Leaflets Of all anticonvulsive Antidepressive Antipychotic And Antimyself Medicine You force me to take, my Dark Disease... I´m just a little piece of a broken mirror I´m just the old torn book that´s fallen from the shelf My hands shall bring only destruction to your life My thoughts are the mist cloudening the human self So don´t get contaminated By this thing inside me, my Dark Disease (4x) Time goes so fast to me but I can´t grasp its flow Laughing at me, the clock put its claws on my neck Confusion is the mistress that lays in my bed Consuming my head ´till my emotions become wreck So don´t come close, protect yourself From this worm inside me, my Dark Disease (4x) Lots of voices Distract me Tapdance over my sanity Psycho thoughts Invade me Feed up my comorbidity A condition And a curse It´s the ball and chain of my mind Medicate me Isolate me Before the maniac rises My birthmark is this disorder That devours my brain And nobody can discover This thing that brings me Pain, my Dark Disease (4x) Dark Disease – you can´t save me, you can´t take it! Dark Disease –you can´t take it, lock me away, please! Dark Disease – Forget me, forget me, forget me, forget me! Dark Disease – you can´t save my mind, you can´t save my soul! Lock me away!

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The Black Rook – "The Black Rook"

1.Checkmate
2.The Black Rook
3.Unfortunate
4.Forget my name
5.Heart of Steel
6.Rats
7.I am
8.Temptation (will bring me down)
9.Madman in Chains
10.Dark Disease

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released April 25, 2014

Recorded and mixed at KÓLERA studio by Celo Oliveira (www.kolera.com.br)

Produced by Celo Oliveira & The Black Rook

All music & lyrics by THE BLACK ROOK

THE BLACK ROOK is:

Flavio Senra – all lead and backing vocals
Rubens Lessa – all guitars; bass and keyboards

Guest musicians:

Celo Oliveira – drums
Choir in “The Black Rook” chorus by Flavio Senra, Gisele Britto, Hugo Faro, Marcelo Oliveira and Raquel Schuler.

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